Introduction
Tonsillectomies are one of the commonest ENT procedures performed in the UK. The last National Prospective Tonsillectomy Audit carried out in 2003/04 identified a total of 50,531 adult and paediatric patients who underwent a tonsillectomy within the UK [1], and interval commissioning reports conducted by The Royal College of Surgeons of England have recorded continued high volumes of caseloads, with over 31,000 performed in 2012/13 [2] and more than 27,000 performed in 2019/20 [3]. Although tonsillectomy is considered relatively low-risk, previous research has suggested a possible correlation between surgical techniques and the incidence of post-operative haemorrhage [1]; however, most of these explore the surgical equipment and dissection techniques used rather than the approach to checking haemostasis.